Hygienic toilet seat

ABSTRACT

A toilet seat includes an annular pad having a pair of first extensions integrally extending from a side face of the annular pad and each first extension having a pivot hole defined to align and communicate with each other and a first handle extending from the side face of the annular pad to facilitate movement of the annular pad, a cover pivotally connected to the annular pad and having a second extension sandwiched between the pair of first extensions of the annular pad and provided with a passage to communicate with both the pivot holes of the first extensions and a pivotal device extending into the pivot holes and the passage aligning and communicating with the pivot holes to secure engagement between the annular pad and the cover.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a hygiene toilet seat, and moreparticularly to a toilet seat having an annular pad and a coverpivotally connected to the annular pad and respectively provided thereona handle so that contamination of user's hand is avoided while liftingthe cover or the annular pad.

2. Description of Related Art

A conventional toilet bowl includes a pivoted seat and a pivoted cover.When a male user wishes to only urinate into the bowl, he raises thecover and seat to avoid splashing urine on them. It is common for peopleto use tissue paper to avoid directly touching the seat or cover forfear of contamination. However, public toilets, which are notorious forcontamination, often lack tissue paper to be used for this purpose andso it is likely that the user's hand will be contaminated.

To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide animproved hygienic toilet seat to mitigate the aforementioned problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an improvedhygienic toilet seat having a handle provided on a side of both thecover and the annular pad so as to facilitate lifting of the cover andthe annular pad to avoid contamination of the users' hands.

Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention willbecome more apparent from the following detailed description when takenin conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the toilet seat of the presentinvention;

FIG. 2 is schematic perspective view showing that the toilet seat of thepresent invention is mounted on top of a toilet bowl;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross sectional view showing the structure of thehandle;

FIG. 4 is a schematic perspective view showing that the cover is engagedwith the annular pad; and

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing that the user is able touse the handle to easily and safely lift the annular pad after the coverhas been lifted.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the toilet seat (1) in accordancewith the present invention includes an annular seat (10) and a cover(20) pivotally connected to a side face of the annular pad (10) via apivotal device (30).

The annular seat (10) has a first handle (11) extending from the sideface of the annular pad (10) and provided with a first indent (12)defined in a bottom face of the first handle (11). A pair of spacedapart first extensions (13) is provided on the side face of the annularpad (10) and each extension (13) is provided with a pivot hole (14).

The cover (20) includes a second handle (21) extending from a side faceof the cover (20) and provided with a second indent (22) defined in abottom face of the second handle (21). A second extension (23) isprovided on the side face of the cover (20) to be sandwiched between thepair of first extensions (13) and having a passage (24) defined in thesecond extension (23) to communicate with the pivot holes (14) of eachof the first extensions (13).

The pivotal device (30) includes a head (31) and a shank (32) integrallyformed with the head (31) to extend into aligned pivot holes (14) of thefirst extensions (13) and the passage (24) of the second extension (23).

When the toilet seat of the present invention is in assembly on top of atoilet bowl (2), the shank (32) is extended into the aligned pivot holes(14) and the passage (24) to secure engagement between the annular pad(10) and the cover (20) such that the cover (20) is able to pivotrelative to the annular pad (10).

With reference to FIG. 4, it is noted that the first handle (11) and thesecond handle (21) are alternately arranged on the annular pad (10) andthe cover (20) respectively so that contact with the other one whileengaging one of them is avoided. Thus after the annular pad (10) and thecover (20) are mounted on top of the toilet bowl (2), the user is ableto lift the annular pad (10) together with the cover (20) withouttouching the cover (20) or the annular pad (10) itself.

With reference to FIG. 5, it is appreciated that the user is able to usethe first indent (12) to easily lift the annular pad (10) withouttouching a periphery of the bucket (2) so that contamination of the handis avoided.

It is to be understood, however, that even though numerouscharacteristics and advantages of the present invention have been setforth in the foregoing description, together with details of thestructure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrativeonly, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape,size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention tothe full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms inwhich the appended claims are expressed.

1. A toilet seat comprising: an annular pad having a pair of firstextensions integrally extending from a side face of the annular pad andeach first extension having a pivot hole defined to align andcommunicate with each other and a first handle extending from the sideface of the annular pad to facilitate movement of the annular pad; acover pivotally connected to the annular pad and having a secondextension sandwiched between the pair of first extensions of the annularpad and provided with a passage to communicate with both the pivot holesof the first extensions; and a pivotal device extending into the pivotholes and the passage aligning and communicating with the pivot holes tosecure engagement between the annular pad and the cover.
 2. The toiletseat as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has a second handleintegrally formed on a side face of the cover.
 3. The toilet seat asclaimed in claim 2, wherein the first handle and the second handle arealternately arranged.
 4. The toilet seat as claimed in claim 3, whereinthe pivotal device comprises: a head and a shank integrally formed withthe head and extending into the pivot holes and the passage aligning andcommunicating with the pivot holes to secure engagement between theannular pad and the cover.
 5. A toilet seat comprising: an annular padhaving a pair of first extensions integrally extending from a side faceof the annular pad and each first extension having a pivot hole definedto align and communicate with each other; a cover pivotally connected tothe annular pad and having a second extension sandwiched between thepair of first extensions of the annular pad and provided with a firsthandle extending from a side face of the cover and a passage tocommunicate with both the pivot holes of the first extensions; and apivotal device extending into the pivot holes and the passage aligningand communicating with the pivot holes to secure engagement between theannular pad and the cover.
 6. The toilet seat as claimed in claim 5,wherein the annular pad has a second handle integrally formed on a sideface of the cover.
 7. The toilet seat as claimed in claim 6, wherein thefirst handle and the second handle are alternately arranged.
 8. Thetoilet seat as claimed in claim 7, wherein the pivotal device comprises:a head and a shank integrally formed with the head and extending intothe pivot holes and the passage aligning and communicating with thepivot holes to secure engagement between the annular pad and the cover.